Book Review: 52 Creative Family Time Experiences

In the introduction, the author describes the book in this way:

"52 Creative Family Time Experiences is designed to set up three kinds of epic moments with your kids:

1. Informal-daily moments when you can impress faith.
2. Intentional family times-that you schedule weekly, or every other week.
3. Milestones-holidays and rites of passage when you affirm spiritual growth.

As I read through this book, I was impressed with the authors understanding of culture as well as the biblical mandate for parents to pass on faith to their kids. Many books focus on one to the detriment of the other. 52 Creative Family Time Experiences does both!

Smith has done a great job incorporating creativity & activities to help teach the Bible. He has listed 52 activities to be done as families weekly or every other week. Several great features include: ways to adapt lesson for preschoolers and teenagers, engaging questions to point to who God is rather than just information, engaging & simple activities to reinforce truth, and each can be completed in about 20 minutes.

In addition to the 52 activities, Smith includes great resources such as a supply list in the appendix, ways to better connect with the younger generations, a sample family faith plan to incorporate different children's learning styles, and simple ways to connect informally on a daily basis.

I would highly recommend this book to families. My only critique would be that I would like to see more Scripture incorporated into each activity. However, I enjoyed it so much that I plan to purchase several copies to hand out at our church during classes on how to talk about faith at home.

If you are a parent or church leader looking for a great resource to help families talk about faith at home, 52 Creative Family Time Experiences is it!

Check out the book here